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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVS | +28.86% | +88.34% | +13.5% | +3,743% |
| S&P | +12.28% | +84.74% | +13.06% | +1,618% |
Novartis AG is a holding company, which engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of healthcare products. It operates through the following segments: Innovative Medicines, Sandoz, and Corporate. The Innovative Medicines segment researches, develops, manufactures, distributes and sells patented pharmaceuticals, and is composed of two business units: Novartis Oncology and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. The Sandoz segment develops, manufactures and markets finished dosage form medicines as well as intermediary products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients. The Corporate segment refers to group management and central services. The company was founded on February 29, 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and AbbVie command the healthcare sector.
Both have crushed the market in 2025.
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $13.88B | 7.0% |
| Gross Profit | $10.35B | 6.9% |
| Gross Margin | 74.58% | -0.1% |
| Market Cap | $243.35B | 8.1% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $3.21M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 75.9K | -0.2% |
| Net Income | $3.92B | 21.8% |
| EBITDA | $5.45B | -10.6% |
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| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $9.56B | -29.8% |
| Accounts Receivable | $8.84B | 11.0% |
| Inventory | 6.4K | 8.1% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $24.24B | -4.4% |
| Short Term Debt | $7.78B | 14.3% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | 13.69% | 2.8% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 14.76% | 1.7% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | $6.22B | 4.3% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | $6.57B | 4.6% |
| Metric | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 16.46 | 17.31 | 17.41 | 17.37 | 31.49% |
| Price to Book | 4.49 | 5.00 | 6.18 | 5.91 | 5.97% |
| Price to Sales | 3.88 | 4.26 | 4.43 | 4.57 | -4.33% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | -20.45 | -28.88 | -16.85 | -19.38 | -6.14% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 22.60 | 22.38 | 20.58 | 21.07 | -35.53% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 39.64 | 42.66 | 44.32 | 49.79 | 20.77% |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 4.4% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 55.12% |
| Return on Equity | 26.3% | 33.0% | 32.8% | 32.9% | 13.52% |
| Total Debt | $31.26B | $31.27B | $32.64B | $32.02B | -0.43% |
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